Analysis & Opinion

As Netanyahu belted out a collection of recycled warnings and laments about the threat of Iran that have been uttered countless times before -- most frequently by Netanyahu himself -- it was clear the Israeli prime minister had already accomplished his political goals back home just by showing up.

Can Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the accused Boston bomber, hope to receive a fair trial in Boston? His defense lawyers doubt it. They have sought on three occasions to move the trial out of the city, citing evidence the community was too affected by the bombing to produce an impartial jury.

John Boehner's decision to invite a foreign head of government to address Congress without first consulting the sitting president has no precedent in U.S. history. For a simple reason: It’s unconstitutional.